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Do you love being in the kitchen?


Are you passionate about ancestral food?


Do you want to be inspired, supported and encouraged in your food journey?


Ancestral Kitchen Podcast is for you!


Pull up a chair with me, a European townie, and my co-host Andrea, an American homesteader as we share, laugh and learn together.


#39 – The Sustainable Kitchen: Practical Advice

There’s a lot of talk about sustainability, but much of it misses the wisdom that our ancestors have to show us in the ways they farmed and ate for centuries. Hear Andrea and I talk about practical sustainability for all our kitchens in this episode.… Read More

#36 – Defending Beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman

“For every complex problem there’s an answer that is clear simple and wrong” Are you confused or disheartened by the mainstream medias portrayal of beef? Would you like to understand how well managed cattle can be a huge step in … Read More

#35 – The Easy Way

It’s finding a balance, making sure you’re feeding your creativity in the things that inspire you, and trying to make the things that you’re not so hot on as quick and easy as possible… We live in a society that is … Read More

#34 – Our Favourite Nourishing Traditions Recipes

“We love this book so much!” The ancestral cook’s bible: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon-Morell We love this book and we’ve cooked so much from it. In this episode you’ll hear which six recipes from the hundreds filling its pages … Read More

#33 – The Fats We Love, The Fats We Leave

I don’t use butter that often – but sometimes I’m really in a buttery mood and I’ll fry my pancake in ghee. – Alison For several decades, fats were vilified as the source of many health problems and were avoided … Read More

Cooking Ancestrally in a Van

Charlie cooked for her, her husband and her 2 children three times a day in a six and a half metre van with no oven, two burners and a tiny fridge all whilst travelling around Europe. Listen in as Alison interviews her about how she did it, finding good food on the road and what her experience gifted her.… Read More

#30 The Whole Chicken & Nothing But The Chicken

A whole chicken is one of the most economical meats out there. Listen in to hear Alison and Andrea talk about what you can save through buying a whole bird, what you should look out for when purchasing, along with how they cook whole chickens and how they use the meat and stock.… Read More